Index of topics and articles

2. Lunatic asylums / mental hospitals

Seacliff Lunatic Asylum

3. Treatment methods of lunacy / mental illness

4. Imbeciles / mentally retarded

7. Key people and organisations

9. Furture of mentalhealth care

10. How to find a lost relative

Guide

Cultural Advice Statement: Users are advised that the information in the KB may cause distress. Descriptions of treatment methods and how inpatients were managed may be upsetting for the general reader. For research purposes and understanding, original language of the historical period is used. Some of the terms used to classify and describe people in the past may be offensive.

During the last century over 100,000 adults and children were institutionalised. Many lie in unmarked graves across New Zealand. A research guide is provided for family historians seeking information on relatives who disappeared whilst in state care.

1. Inmates / patients

2. Lunatic asylums / mental hospitals

3. Treatment methods of lunacy / mental illness

4. Imbeciles / mentally retarded

5. Special schools

6. Eugenics

7. Key people and organisations

8. Mental healthcare laws

9. Furture of mentalhealth care

10. How to find a lost relative

11. Research links

12. ONLINE LIBRARY